Car-Pass

Car-Pass is the non-profit organization charged by the legislator with a task of public interest i.e. to protect buyers and to promote the fair trade in used vehicles by combating fraud with the odometer.

Always ask for your Car-Pass! The seller is legally required.
Make sure the odometer increases steadily over time and whether the last reading on the Car-Pass matches the odometer of the vehicle. The Car-Pass also mentions the CO2 emissions and the Euro standard and whether the vehicle still has to undergo an inspection after accident.

Ask for a used-vehicle inspection at the technical inspection.
Ask for the Car-Pass when you go for the inspection. It costs 8,80 EUR including VAT. Give the Car-Pass to the buyer. It’s a legally required document. Any buyer who has not received the Car-Pass can cancel the purchase.

Car-Pass is the non-profit organization charged by the legislator with a task of public interest i.e. to protect buyers and to promote the fair trade in used vehicles by combating fraud with the odometer.

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Thursday 30 April 2020

Annual report 2019: some remarkable facts

The Car-Pass non-profit has published its annual report. Below the most striking figures are listed:
• Biggest odometer fraud: the odometer of a Mercedes 250 D (1989) was rolled back with 520,881 km
• The number of imported pre-owned cars has doubled in 4 years.
• Significant increase in the number of young and low mileage used cars.
• End of life vehicles have driven on average 190,000 km.
• With an average mileage of 27,662 km/year, Tesla drivers are the high rollers.

Car-Pass in figures

Every Car-Pass has a unique ID number and QR code. It allows you to check on our website whether the document is genuine or not.

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The Car-Pass shows the make, model and vehicle identification number of the vehicle. It also contains the date on which it was used for the first time and the date on which the vehicle was registered in Belgium. Are those dates different? That means that the vehicle had been driven outside Belgium for a while. No data is available for the period during which the vehicle was being driven outside of Belgium.

The CO2 emissions: the amount of vehicle tax payable is based entirely on this. The test method, whether NEDC or WLTP, is also mentioned. If both of these emission values are known, then the two values will be shown on the Car-Pass.

Notification of an inspection after accident: vehicles that have had a major accident must undergo this strict assessment.

Notification of open recalls. More details are to be found on a second page.

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Here, you can see the odometer reading for the vehicle on different dates. It should increase steadily over time.

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In order to prevent counterfeiting and fraud, the Car-Pass is printed on special paper that contains fluorescent elements and a unique hologram.